tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post6732881255575774929..comments2019-08-13T07:27:39.324-05:00Comments on JIM HEFFERNAN'S BLOG: A penny for your thoughts and $50 for a tank of gas...Jim Heffernanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04388986747065569089noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-68041379144924823732012-04-18T13:43:31.185-05:002012-04-18T13:43:31.185-05:00Hello, Erick... Good to hear from another J.C. Hig...Hello, Erick... Good to hear from another J.C. Higgins kid. My older brother had a Sears bike they called Elgin, essentially the same bike as the J.C. They switched nameplates after WW II, I think. My first car was a 1940 Ford Deluxe coupe, bought off a Ford lot in Moose Lake in 1956 for $150.. That model is a bona fide classic today; restored ones go for huge five-figure prices. Should have kept my car instead of the bike, although the old fat-tire bikes have some value now too. Thanks for writing. -- JimJim Heffernanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388986747065569089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-67996372885862571842012-04-13T14:03:42.362-05:002012-04-13T14:03:42.362-05:00Hi Jim
$50, that&#39;s what I paid for my first ca...Hi Jim<br />$50, that&#39;s what I paid for my first car. Actually it was $55. I thought I could pass it by my father easier if I said fifty. I was thinking about your column this morning as I managed to load $55 worth of regular gas into my car. <br />JC Higgins were great bikes I had one too. I didn&#39;t keep mine but thinking of it does bring back a lot of great memories. Like how I knocked myself out getting it. Really, out cold. <br /><br />Erick HAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-46323711055337304502012-04-07T10:50:29.614-05:002012-04-07T10:50:29.614-05:00Great to get these responses. Yeah, that old -- 19...Great to get these responses. Yeah, that old -- 1949 -- fat-tire J.C. Higgins lives on in storage. I rode it a couple of years ago; my own kids have ridden it, and in a few years my grandchildren will be big enough to give it a spin. I know it has value now beyond that $50 purchase price, but I have no interest in selling it. It&#39;s fun to have in the family. Still, sometimes, in reflection, I think to myself, &quot;If only it had been a Schwinn.&quot; Thanks for writing. -- JimJim Heffernanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04388986747065569089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-58787396816902319742012-04-06T12:42:35.556-05:002012-04-06T12:42:35.556-05:00Hi Jim........... somehow your blogs seem to alway...Hi Jim........... somehow your blogs seem to always remind me of my dad! My best friend got a gorgeous new Schwinn blue and white bike when we were around 9 or so and of course, I was dying for one,too. My folks had very little money so my dad found (don&#39;t know where) an old square fender bike that was pretty beat up and fixed it up for me. He got some blue and white paint and decalled it to look somewhat like my friend&#39;s Schwinn (a very loose somewhat). I rode that bike till I started driving and loved it! Don&#39;t know what became of it, though.<br />Pat McClurePattymaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12542060123745570969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-67658031479537297202012-04-06T12:05:09.401-05:002012-04-06T12:05:09.401-05:00Hey Jim- at the time your folks paid $50 for your ...Hey Jim- at the time your folks paid $50 for your bike, you could have bought a fairly decent &quot;fishing&quot; car for $50. It would have probably been a &#39;38 Plymouth with four U S Royal &quot;bald eagles&quot; but it ran. In 1960 one of my high school buddies bought from McDonald Motors a &#39;40 Packard convertible with 40,000 miles for $50.<br /><br />Lesson: Your folk overpaid!<br /><br />Larry SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7676257508484188930.post-22056381724642518832012-04-06T10:24:09.926-05:002012-04-06T10:24:09.926-05:00That J.C. Higgins worth a whole lot more than $50 ...That J.C. Higgins worth a whole lot more than $50 now. Be glad you kept it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com